It’s Shrove Tuesday today. We’re making pancakes for dinner, and thinking about what we should give up for Lent. There’s a sense of completion, in finishing a few things right before starting a new season. Punis are done, and I took a few glamour shots of them the other day. The color of pancake batter … More Punis and Pancakes
Next time I get some exciting idea for a knitting project that requires a bunch of finishing involving extra fabric and sewing machine etc., just say two words: “laptop bag”. That should get me to back away slowly. The knitted bag pictured above is adapted from an Interweave Knits pattern called Grace’s Bag; knitting described here. … More Bag in the Bag
It turns out, being well enough to sit upright at a wheel does not by itself provide time to spin. Somehow, between yesterday and today I snuck away for long enough to finish spinning the punis and ply them. These proved an interesting puzzle to spin, because I don’t know exactly what’s in them. The … More Second Guessing the Third Ply
Ugh. Writing all these posts about unfinished things lit a fire under my bum to do something about these projects. (Not counting the Kidlet; she’s not supposed to be finished.) I don’t want pretty knitted things to just sit around unused for lack of a little extra work! So a few days ago, N and … More A Hat: …Really Finished
A day off wool blogging because this little looney toon turns 4 today. That’s right, 4! My wiggly snuggler is a kid. It’s not so much that the time has flown as that I’m shocked the time passed at all! But here she is, and I enjoy her more every day, and the person she’s … More N=4
This endless head cold has been bad for spinning, but very good for garter stitch. I think our family has watched My Neighbor Totoro every day for almost two weeks. The girls are mostly better, and Jared’s been better so long that he’s starting on his next cold, but mine’s still hanging on. So it’s … More Fuzzy Definitely UNfinished
In the background, quietly, while all this spinning and blah blah has been going on, the Mitered Magnificence has continued to grow. Quietly, humbly, though it is not a pattern suited to being quiet and humble, it has submitted itself to that status. Seven rows of squares… Eight rows… Ten rows… By eleven rows, you … More Fuzzy Maybe Finished?
This has happened to me a few times: I am at ACW, and I want a project to work on While I am there that is to donate for the next craft sale. Logically, I wasn’t to use some of the yarn they have there. there that is from the yarn they have. So I … More A Hat: Finished-not-Finished
Puni spinning not done yet, but in the meantime, want to see a bit of knitting? Though today’s update is hardly a victorious return to the needles. I finished the beautiful laptop bag that I started making right after mom gave me the yarn. But I haven’t showed it to you because I didn’t really finish … More A Laptop Case: Finished-Not-Finished
Spinning, sadly, is not that portable. At least, wheel spinning is not that portable, and I just can’t get into my spindle these days. It seems too much like exercise. My wheel isn’t a monster, but with all the paraphernalia I need to oil it and take notes and make samples, it’s much easier to … More Puni Progress
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